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Grab prices upsized $1.5B convertible notes offering

Grab Holdings Limited announced Wednesday the pricing of an upsized offering of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of zero coupon convertible senior notes due 2030.

Singapore’s Aspire partners Payboy to streamline payroll management

Aspire, a Singapore-based fintech firm, announced Tuesday its integration with Payboy, a Singapore-based payroll software providers, to streamline payroll management.

Vingroup’s GSM launches first electric taxi in the Philippines

Green and Smart Mobility Joint Stock Company (GSM) has on Tuesday officially launched Green GSM, the first all-electric taxi service in the Philippines.

ClavystBio and A*STAR partner to grow MedTech ventures in Singapore

ClavystBio, a life sciences investor and venture builder established by Temasek, and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore's lead public sector research and development (R&D) agency, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create and grow MedTech ventures in Singapore.

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Singapore’s Grab plans big convertible bond, fuelling hopes about GoTo deal – report

Grab said it will issue convertible bonds that mature in June 2030, partly to fund potential acquisitions.

Ant International, Deutsche Bank team up to provide integrated cross-border payment solutions to global merchants

Ant International and Deutsche Bank have announced their strategic partnership to provide more comprehensive payment solutions for businesses of all sizes in Europe and Asia, by combining their expertise and leveraging Ant International’s proprietary tokenization and artificial intelligence (AI)-based foreign exchange (FX) technology.

Arctic Wolf expands into Singapore to meet rising demand for AI-powered security operations

Arctic Wolf, a US-based security operations firm, has announced its official launch in Singapore, marking the latest milestone in its ongoing expansion across the Asia-Pacific region.

Smart collaborates with Salesforce to deliver AI-powered digital experiences for customers on unified e-commerce website

Salesforce, the global artificial intelligence (AI) customer relationship management (CRM) has partnered with Smart Communications Inc. (Smart), the mobile services arm of PLDT, Inc., to deliver AI-powered digital experiences for customers on a unified e-commerce website.

CGC Digital, B2B Finpal partner to expand access to MSME financing through innovative digital solutions

CGC Digital, the fintech subsidiary of Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia Berhad (CGC), announced Monday a strategic collaboration with B2B Finpal, a peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform, aimed at broadening access to financing for Malaysia’s micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

VinFast’s revenue surges 150 percent year on year to $656.5M in 1Q

VinFast Auto Ltd., the Vietnam-based electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, said its total revenues jumped 149.9 percent year on year to $656.5 million in the first quarter of 2025.